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Shiny vs Watir

A side-by-side look at Shiny and Watir. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Shiny

Shiny

Development

Shiny is an open-source R package that provides an elegant and powerful web framework for building web applications using R. It makes it easy to build interactive web apps straight from R.

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Watir

Watir

Development

Watir is an open-source Ruby library for automating web browsers. It drives browsers the same way people do, enabling testing and scripting of web applications. Watir supports IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera.

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